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The Devonian Elementary School Library: An Experiment in Quarters and Organization captions transcript

The Devonian Elementary School Library: An Experiment in Quarters and Organization

This silent film, which includes intertitles, documents the activities of librarians, educators, and students using the library at Devonian Elementary School in Andrews, Texas.
Date: 1959
Creator: The Andrews Public Schools
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 8 - Cheryl's Birthday and Hunting in Colorado] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 8 - Cheryl's Birthday and Hunting in Colorado]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including Cheryl’s birthday and a trip to Colorado. Footage of the Colorado landscape is largely underexposed.
Date: October 1959
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 10 - At Home with the Hennen Family] captions transcript

[The Hennen Family Films, No. 10 - At Home with the Hennen Family]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Hennen family. Footage includes a man pulling a tree out of the ground, a family riding a ferry and viewing a beach from a scenic overlook, a child dressed like a cowboy playing with bunnies, and someone packing the trunk of a car.
Date: 1955?
Creator: Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Nelson Family Films, No. 1 - A Family Gathering] captions transcript

[Nelson Family Films, No. 1 - A Family Gathering]

This home movie documents a small child playing outdoors, underexposed footage of an indoor gathering, and people getting into and out of automobiles.
Date: 1954?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 1 - Baby's First Birthday] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 1 - Baby's First Birthday]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including a baby's first birthday.
Date: August 8, 1958
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 7 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 1] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 7 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 1]

This home movie documents the Fisher family's vacation to Mexico. The majority of the footage is under-exposed. Shots include aerial footage taken from an airplane, the family arriving at an airport, and shots of an unidentified city, possibly Mexico City, with an F.W. Woolworth building.
Date: July 14, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 8 - Holidays and Vacations, 1955] captions transcript

[Riley Family Films, No. 8 - Holidays and Vacations, 1955]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley familyincluding the Riley children celebrating their birthdays (00:00-02:04, 06:18-08:25, 08:25-10:32), children playing outdoors on a large swing set 02:04-05:26), homes under construction (05:26-06:18), a gathering with family playing croquet and children on a swing set (10:32-12:24), and children on the beach playing in the ocean (12:24-14:33).
Date: 1955
Creator: Riley, Sam
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hill Family Films, No. 1 - Life With the Hill Family, 1954-1955] captions transcript

[Hill Family Films, No. 1 - Life With the Hill Family, 1954-1955]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Roy E. Hill family during December 1954 through March 1955. A title card introduces the film as "filmed an edited by Roy E. Hill." The film begins with footage of the Hill family at home during December 1954 including Mrs. Hill doing dishes, Roy Hill with the family cat, and the family eating dinner. A title card reads "The Henry's" (02:05) and is followed by footage of a group of people with a baby and children roller skating, flying a kite, and flying a model airplane in a front yard. The film then shows a family in a home decorated for the Christmas holiday. Family members pose for the camera and Mrs. Hill combs her hair in front of a mirror. The title card "X-Mas Morning 1954" (06:33) is followed by footage of presents in front of a Christmas tree and family opening gifts. The title card "New Years at the Walker's 1955" (10:23) is followed by footage of people dancing, drinking and socializing on New Year's Eve. The card "Filmed and Edited by Roy E. Hill 1955" (12:08) is followed by footage of a model train set and …
Date: 1954-12/1955-03
Creator: Hill, Roy E.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 1 - Summer Vacation 1950] captions transcript

[Riley Family Films, No. 1 - Summer Vacation 1950]

This home movie documents the Riley family on summer vacation. Footage includes family members riding a ferry, a forested landscape with vacation homes located on the water's edge, family members fishing and posing with fish, family eating a meal in the forest, and children playing in the water.
Date: 1950-07/1950-08
Creator: Riley, Sam
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 11 - Birthdays and Holidays, 1957-1958] captions transcript

[Riley Family Films, No. 11 - Birthdays and Holidays, 1957-1958]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family in 1957 and 1958 including Jean's third birthday (00:00-01:29), children playing on a teeter totter (01:29-02:08), Christmas lawn decorations (02:08-02:28), a family gathering with children playing outdoors (02:28-04:16), family posing with fish (04:18-04:58), Helen on an inner tube in the ocean (04:58-06:22), and a Christmas celebration with the Riley girls posing with dolls and toys (06:23-10:38).
Date: 1957/1958
Creator: Riley, Sam
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 9 - Birthdays and Holidays, 1955] captions transcript

[Riley Family Films, No. 9 - Birthdays and Holidays, 1955]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family including the first birthday of the Riley family's youngest daughter with Helen helping her blow out the candles and eat the cake (00:00-02:34), children playing outdoors and posing for the camera (02:34-06:23), and a Christmas celebration with footage of the tree and Christmas toys and family posing with cards and gifts.
Date: 1955
Creator: Riley, Sam
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 8 - Holidays and Community Events] captions transcript

[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 8 - Holidays and Community Events]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family from December 1956 through late 1957 and includes their participation in holidays and community events. The film begins with the family celebrating Christmas Day 1956 (00:00-01:46) followed by footage of men bailing hay on Ford tractors (01:46-04:11), and picking up a young woman at a train station (04:11-04:26). The family then takes a trip to the 1957 State Fair of Texas in Dallas where they board a Texas & Pacific Train advertised as "T&P's New Modern Train" (04:29-04:40) and visit a Ford Motor Company exhibit featuring the Ford Typhoon Tractor (04:40-07:12). The Stewart children eat cotton candy and ride carnival rides on the midway including a carousel and Ferris Wheel (07:12-09:10). The film ends with footage of a youth football game (09:10-09:31) and children playing outdoors (09:31-11:49).
Date: 1956-12-25/1957-10
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 5 - LS Ranch] captions transcript

[Riley Family Films, No. 5 - LS Ranch]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family in the fall of 1953 including young Helen Riley posing for the camera on a bridge (through 00:57), a family gathering at LS Ranch with men posing with dead deer, women gathering autumn leaves, and family grilling meat and socializing (00:57-03:43), and the exterior of the family home with fall foliage (03:43-05:06).
Date: 1953
Creator: Riley, Sam
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[McNeill Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations] captions transcript

[McNeill Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the McNeill Family including birthdays, holidays, and vacations. Footage includes Pam helping her brother Steve McNeill celebrating Steve’s first birthday (00:00-01:06). The McNeill family then celebrates Christmas 1959 (01:06-07:45). James H. Cothran, who was hired to visit the McNeill home as Santa Claus, entertains Virginia and Steve (02:09) and the family opens presents at Virginia’s aunt Essie Ball’s home at 1813 West Hickory Street in Denton. Children, including Pam, ride an electric train in the backyard of the McNeill home on Fulton Street in Denton (07:52-09:54). Pam and Steve pose in their homemade Easter outfits (10:06-11:04). They pose for the camera in their clown and ghost costumes for Halloween (10:06-11:04). The family celebrates Steve’s second birthday in November 1960 (11:30-12:08). At a Christmas celebration, Dennis, Steve McNeill, and Ted McNeill pose as cowboys with candy cigarettes and the family eats Christmas dinner (12:08-14:59). Children including Steve and Pam play with puppies and ride bicycles in front of their home on Fulton Street (14:59-16:31) and Steve celebrates his third birthday in November 1961 with a Halloween-themed birthday party (16:31-18:30). The McNeills travel to San Antonio to visit Virginia’s brother Jack Ball. …
Date: 1959-11/1961
Creator: McNeill, Virginia & McNeill, Charlie Wayne
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 2 - At Home with the Fisher Family] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 2 - At Home with the Fisher Family]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including the family at home with a new baby, small children, and a young boy in a football uniform. Footage also includes Randy's sixth birthday party.
Date: April 7, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Nelson Family Films, No. 11 - Storm Damage and Family Gatherings] captions transcript

[Nelson Family Films, No. 11 - Storm Damage and Family Gatherings]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Nelson family including a neighborhood damaged by tornado or hurricane, a family gathering with children playing in a flower garden (01:23), family posing for the camera (03:41), a child playing and being pushed in a stroller (05:58), and family members on vacation in a forested area with footage of the landscape and children playing (07:22).
Date: 1955?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 22 - Track and Field] captions transcript

[The Hennen Family Films, No. 22 - Track and Field]

This home movie documents the activities and daily lives of the Hennen family including a track and field event. Footage includes a Mountain View Union High School District bus and a woman displaying a shirt that reads "Clayton Valley" (00:00-02:00). Also included is footage of a Christmas celebration with a baby being pulled around the neighborhood in a wagon, a home decorated for Christmas, and children playing football.
Date: 1959
Creator: Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 10 - Birthdays and Holidays] captions transcript

[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 10 - Birthdays and Holidays]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including holidays and birthdays. The film begins with Elizabeth Stewart's sixth birthday party (00:00-01:41) and includes footage of the family swimming and playing outdoors (01:41-03:34), a birthday party with carnival and pony rides (03:34-05:11), a wedding reception (07:13-08:18), and a Christmas celebration (08:18-13:58). The Christmas footage begins with each of the Stewart children--David, Margaret Catherine, Alan, Peter Bruce, and Elizabeth--hanging their stockings one by one on the mantle (08:18-09:13). On Christmas Day, the stockings are filled and the children enter the room to open presents (09:13-13:58).
Date: 1957~
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 5 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 2] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 5 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 2]

This home movie documents the Fisher family's vacation in Mexico. The majority of the footage is under-exposed and shaky footage shot from a moving car. The film includes a shot of a sign for Sta Catarina and pyramids.
Date: July 15, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 7 - Vacations, 1953-1954] captions transcript

[Riley Family Films, No. 7 - Vacations, 1953-1954]

This home movie documents the activities of the Sam Riley family while on vacation in unidentified locations. The film begins with footage of the family at a resort where they swim in the ocean and socialize on the beach. The Riley family watches with a crowd of locals as a woman and young girl escorted by police are photographed entering a Catholic church (07:59-08:25). The family later attends a horse race (12:34-14:17).
Date: 1953/1954
Creator: Riley, Sam
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 20 - Birthday and Hunting] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 20 - Birthday and Hunting]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including a seventh birthday party and hunting. Footage includes people posing with dead deer.
Date: 1956
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 6 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 3] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 6 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 3]

This home movie documents the Fisher family's vacation to Mexico. The majority of the footage is under-exposed. Shots include a movie theater marquee announcing Vittorio de Sica in "Responsabilidad Limitada" and family visiting pyramids or ruins.
Date: July 19, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hill Family Films, No. 8 - Life with the Hill Family, 1955-1956] captions transcript

[Hill Family Films, No. 8 - Life with the Hill Family, 1955-1956]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Roy E. Hill family in 1955-1956. The film begins with no visible image (00:00-00:24) and a visit from a couple and their daughter (00:24-00:40). A title card reads "The Big Deer Hunt" "Nov. 55" (00:40) and is followed by footage of men at a campsite shooting, posing with rifles, chopping wood, eating, and a bloody foot (03:50-04:13). A title card reads "Dam Tuttle" (04:13) and is followed by footage of a man walking into a house, other houses, and bird (04:13-04:37). A title card includes a calendar page for "December 25" and "1955" and is followed by footage of the Hill family celebrating Christmas. Much of this footage is underexposed and an image is difficult to see (04:37-14:40). A title card reads "Snow Jan. 18, 1956" and is followed by footage of a snow-covered neighborhood, a snowman, and children playing in the snow (14:40-16:45). This segment is followed by a series of title cards--"The End" (16:45), "R.E. Hill Presents," (16:47) and "A Family Fun Feature" (16:49)--and concludes with footage of the Hills feeding ducks, fishing, and boating(16:49-21:15).
Date: 1955/1956
Creator: Hill, Roy E.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 6 - The Livermore Rodeo, 1953] captions transcript

[The Hennen Family Films, No. 6 - The Livermore Rodeo, 1953]

This home movie documents the Hennen family attending the Livermore Rodeo in Livermore, California.
Date: June 1953
Creator: Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History